Isabelle is off arting. However, Madeleine is in town.   So, Maddie took me shopping, and we recorded a fine show. When coming home, sometimes you are more busy with the visiting and such than you would be if you were at work or school.   A woman all in white (a brave choice on a day that is pretty muddy) was following us.  OK, not following us, indeed, we were probably more following her. We got a box Jon. Oh, we released our Sault Ste. Marie mall power rankings.

It's still snowing. Stop it! I've been more involved in stuff at work again, it is going well.  I've been involved in reviewing our English department, and it has been fun so far. It's Jon's birthday coming up, which is great, and Maddie will be visiting, which is great. In the accompanying picture you can see the cafe where Isabelle hangs out when I shop. Most people wouldn't realize it but both Isabelle and I are pretty private people and pretty shy.  Yeah ok, so we record our thoughts and put them on the open internet, but still....

Off again to the various shopping places. It is cold again, and it snowed again, and daylight saving time starts again. Isabelle had her thing for those awards this week.  She didn't win, but she met a lot of people.  One of the people she met will help her get volunteers for the arts council, so that's cool. We talked about instructional videos and how they are often way too detailed and don't get to the big picture.   The other thing videos do is you get too much intro, too much reminding to like and subscribe and all of that. Hope you like this one.  Thanks to Rachel and Greg for the comments, and thanks to Michelle for the nice messages to Isabelle.

Dave and Isabelle from Canada talk about everything and nothing

We went shopping a day early because Jon had a dentist appointment this morning and then his class had a tour of Sault College.  The college is right near the grocery store and the LCBO, so we went shopping while Jon's class had their tour. Anyway, we went to Michael's which is an art and craft supply store.  I have like zero interest in a place like that (though I did find some model planes, sadly no WWII ones).  I felt like I was with my Mom and I was four and we were in a fabric store. Jon also noted that Michael's smells funny. Hey, Isabelle has been nominated for an award!  She deserves it, and I am very proud of her.

This is exciting placeholder text that I am writing before we go out today.  I figure this beats the crap out of lorem ipsum. We went to a play last week.  It was decent though it dealt at a point with one of the characters having a brain tumour.  That was a bit much for me. Jon is taking a class outside his program which is a first.  It is a drama class.  They're working on a radio play, and he's the sound effects guy. Boy is the weather changing, it's up to 7 degrees today! I don't think people are any more sensitive now, I think they are louder than they used to be.

Perhaps our strongest title yet. Holy mother of things that have mothers, has it ever snowed.  We probably got about 60 cm (maybe more) in the past couple of days.  It snowed for two days straight as well.  Happily a neighbour was nice enough to snowblow our driveway. Isabelle went to a pretty cool thing last night, she talked about that. She's also doing lithography with seems exceedingly complicated. We talked some about 'whataboutism' which is a thing (click the link).

Dave and Isabelle from Canada talk about everything and nothing

Early shopping! Isabelle is going skiing tomorrow, with a hoop. I've no idea what that means. Jon came with us because there is a week off between semesters at school. I'm finally getting used to my schedule, and my students are coming up with some very cool data. My sister made some of the stimuli for one of my students. We've had a couple of weeks of spring like weather, but it is back to winter. Jon and I ran into a work colleague. The last time I ran into her at the store was the last time broth was on sale. My memory is a curse. Isabelle has been doing some printing which is cool.Early shopping! Isabelle is going skiing tomorrow, with a hoop. I've no idea what that means. Jon came with us because there is a week off between semesters at school. I'm finally getting used to my schedule, and my students are coming up with some very cool data. My sister made some of the stimuli for one of my students. We've had a couple of weeks of spring like weather, but it is back to winter. Jon and I ran into a work colleague. The last time I ran into her at the store was the last time broth was on sale. My memory is a curse. Isabelle has been doing some printing which is cool.

Early shopping! Isabelle is going skiing tomorrow, with a hoop. I've no idea what that means. Jon came with us because there is a week off between semesters at school. I'm finally getting used to my schedule, and my students are coming up with some very cool data. My sister made some of the stimuli for one of my students. We've had a couple of weeks of spring like weather, but it is back to winter. Jon and I ran into a work colleague. The last time I ran into her at the store was the last time broth was on sale. My memory is a curse. Isabelle has been doing some printing which is cool.Early shopping! Isabelle is going skiing tomorrow, with a hoop. I've no idea what that means. Jon came with us because there is a week off between semesters at school. I'm finally getting used to my schedule, and my students are coming up with some very cool data. My sister made some of the stimuli for one of my students. We've had a couple of weeks of spring like weather, but it is back to winter. Jon and I ran into a work colleague. The last time I ran into her at the store was the last time broth was on sale. My memory is a curse. Isabelle has been doing some printing which is cool.